Maria

“Why did you wish me milder? would you have me
False to my nature? Rather say I play
The man I am.”
― William Shakespeare, Coriolanus

“I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.”
― Allen Ginsberg, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
― Epictetus